Most Touching SNL Moment

[anti_shrub]

I was watching my Best of Phil Hartman DVD and I was reminded of how many touching moments, some unintentional at the time, SNL has produced.

One of the things on the DVD was the "Schiller Reel" called Love is a Dream where an elderly Jan Hooks goes to a bank vault to retrieve her tiara and remember dancing with the love of her life, played by Phil Hartman. I remember seeing that when it first aired and thinking it was kinda dumb (since it wasn't meant to be funny yet SNL is a comedy show) but at the SNL 25th anniversary show a teary Jan Hooks introduced the bit as their memory of Phil.

Another more-touching-than-intended moment was back in the classic SNL days where they did a similar serious-subject-on-a-comedy-show bit where and aged John Belushi visits a cemetary where all the original SNL castmembers were buried while he talks about being the only one left. Considering he ended up being the first one to die, it puts an entirely different context on the bit when you see it now.

One that always got me was the episode Steve Martin hosted the day Gilda Radner died, where instead of the usual host banter, they just showed the classic bit where Steve and Gilda danced around a disco that was frozen in time.

Of course one can't forget SNL's first show back after 9/11. Even now when 9/11 is used as an emotional ploy in political circles, the sight of the SNL stage filled with NYC police and firemen just 18 days after the worst tragedy the US has ever seen could put a lump in even the most cynical throat.

[Beware the Beast Man]

1. The Belushi skit is the best

in its irony.

[bubblesby2002]

2. Steve Martin and Gilda dancing

that is one of favourite sketches of all time.

[anti_shrub]

3. I love Steve's line after they showed that clip

Steve Martin: Thank you. Thank you very much. We have a very funny show tonight - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers are here. And it's great to be back here tonight.

You know, I've been coming here to do "Saturday Night Live" since 1976, and the thing that keeps bringing you back is the people you get to work with.. and I would like to show you something we recorded on this stage in 1978.

< "Dancing In The Dark" sketch plays >

< audience applauds wildly >

Steve Martin: You know, when I look at that tape, I can't help but think how great she was, and how young I looked. Gilda, we loved you.

[bubblesby2002]

4. I love that line too

When I see the skit it makes me cry a little - silly eh?

[tigereye]

5. for some reason

the death of Phil Hartman made me the saddest of any of the cast members. All of the deaths were sad, and a few senseless....